ML confess his love to Ayako (MC) and she becomes aware of him as a man, tries to make him give up on her but fails, at the end she accepts his love and gives him a chance, not dating yet.

ML gets sick due to anxiety and overwork for his date with Awayko, she took care of him. Later he meets Ayako's boss and she made Ayako wear a HS uniform. The third part of the novel is the two having an normal date, but Ayako still didn't give an answer to ML's confession and still indecisive. So Miu (Ayako's daughter) says that she likes ML and becomes a rival.

Ayako, Miu and ML have a trip to an onsen, Miu starts to get more flirtly and touchy with ML. At the climax, Ayako finally admits to Miu that she loves ML as a man and wants him to herself. The novel ends with Ayako straigh up kiss ML.

Ayako realizes that she didn't respond to ML's confession yet and they aren't dating. She says that she will settle things, but only runs and avoids ML due to embarassement. She only responds when ML catches her up. They start dating, but theres another problem: she has to move to Tokyo for 3 months due to work.

Ayako moves to Tokyo and ML surprises her, because her boss arranges an internship for him in Tokyo, now they're living together. They act like a newlywed couple, but still didn't have s*x. ML's new coworker is a former HS classmate who liked him, but he rejected at that time, Ayako finds out about that at the end of the volume.

Turns out the ML's coworker move on at that time and she doesn't love ML (of course, but Ayako's insecurities made her think differently), this girl actually has a boyfriend. Ayako and ML finally have s*x and now they're doing every day. The novel ends with her pregnancy.

I still didn't read, but by the illustrations is very clear that we will see Ayako's through prenancy and later she will marry ML

Mhhhh, I am not trying to offend Japanese writers; but I feel like, Japanese writers, majority of them; or like, all of them (I think) are magicians. I feel like, they have this standard when they write something that is exquisite, noble and very refined but then when they actually started to write the words that makes the world of it; it just so happens that no matter how noble or how refined the idea is, it so happens that the end reason or how it happens to go with are plainly ret*rded or simply put it down-to-earth will trigger that funny bone you have and just have this uncontrollable urge to smash the mug you're holding and just go mad. I f*cking love romance series... I f*ckING DO! I'm an incel weeb degenerate that will rejoice the purity of romance because of the otherworldly affect of romanticism attached to the world unknown to me, But goddamn, Japanese authors just have this ability to make a simple romance turn into a f*cking comedy series. Like.... I dont know if all Japanese author have this genius side of them being comedian but I sure do know that all the stand-up comedians I've watched are all african americans.

This series will straight up suck every f*cking braincell you have and turn you into an idiot. Ummm that's understandable, Every romance series at this early stage of romance are like that ret*rded faithful meeting encounter cliche. Like, it's easy to go down the rabbit hole for it to be so disgustingly tilting. I dont hate how vol.01 has this "immature" tone because I feel like, even if it's like the most mature JP LN, like it's just the nature of the core of ALL JP WNs to have this RETADEDNESS attached to every f*cking word in flow or atmosphere. I like how subtle it was tho, that the relationship that MC and heroine have was slowly fleshed out... We do f*cking know that they're a decade old apart and the scenario that led to scenes when MC was a child upto the point, where he wasnt, and the heroine being an adult upto the point where umm she somehow became a teenage girl in love, have this very relaxing atmosphere. I quite like it, and this sense of time that's between them has this tension and when heroine slowly pushed forth, has this sense of fulfillment that I feel like, isnt worth the goddamn life of an ant I killed when I was a kid, or the c*ckroach I just killed today. Like because, it's this sense of JP LNs that I feel like, will regardless of whatever f*cking cliche was "resolved" and how MC and heroine got closer together; will still have this sense of PLATONIC undertone to every f*cking f*cking f*cking f*cking f*cking roundabout way of ending it. Like, I feel like, this sense of equilibria of platonicness that displayed and will still be presented regardless of the AHAHAHAHAHA MC goes brr brr for being GENTLEMAN, will still follow this equilibrium shift that goes towards platonic relationship tone... I DO NOT MIND PLATONIC RELATIONSHIP... I f*ckING READ OTONARI FOR THE f*ckING f*ckING REASON OF EMBRACING THE AHAHAHAAHAH JAPENSE CULTURE GOES BRRRR BRRRRR, but god f*cking damn I never get into this sense of blissfulness of enjoying a JP romance LN simply because of this fact of being this platonic equilibrium shift that goes to the f*cking extreme that just.... wow.... shows why Japan is gonna f*cking die because there's no more babies in there. Like wow....

The MC is like the epitome of PURENESS, it's like he's the reincarnation of virg*n Mary and the heroine is like virg*n Mary. Put those two together in a single room and you'll have.... I guess.... FLUFF ROMANCE? Ummmm unaltered passionate glance of their love? UMMMMM pure PLATONIC handholding scene that's completely PURE because they're actually wearing cond*ms? Like I dunno how to put it... it's like you (the reader) have a doll and you have the complete power to either make them go h**ny all day or make them not h**ny all day and ummm the author just so happens to choose the latter because, I dont f*cking know how in the the f*cking universe can you so f*cking genius that a 30 yo woman will be f*cking turn brainless h**ny (pure) 4 yo maiden in love when MC suddenly confessed to him.... Like that's a f*cking... I dunno how to put it.... funny? She's the epitome of submissive copypasta heroine. It's like, if you gave her a d*ck she'll prolly think it's not a d*ck and it's a lollipop. She doesnt have a personality that will make you like her, and I think further on; she never will have or develop it. It's simply because I feel like, the one dimenionallistic Jap authors found this ummm... quite moe? I mean.... sure...

I dont hate reading the novel, in fact I loved every f*cking word of it.... It's just that, when I read vol.01 to the current vol right now, this sense of unease and the doom that all JP romance have ingrained in my brain just corrupts my f*cking soul and just makes me mad.

Some may say fMC is annoying, for not reciprocating mc's feelings. But you'll have to know that despite being 30 years old, she has never fallen in love. So, she's just experiencing the th**ny path for the first time. Also, since she's established mother, she feels the pull of common sense (?). However, it gradually turns for better.